New York: Fishermen From Tribe Lose Case; They Sought to Claim Aboriginal Rights
A federal district court judge last week cited a vacated 2007 opinion and colonial-era "royal proclamations" in ruling against three Shinnecock Indian Nation fishermen who sought a declaration affirming their aboriginal right to fish in New York waters.
The case, which stems from a 2018 federal lawsuit brought by the three tribe members who had been cited in separate commercial fishing cases by the state, denied a motion for summary judgment seeking to prevent state regulators from interfering with their fishing beyond tribal waterways...
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